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@uitrit gisten @anni @ffice Letters Patent No. 7 9,257, dated June 23,1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it vknown thatI, ALBERT` RAKESTRAW, of Peoria., in .theco1ii1t o`Peoria, andState of Illinois, have 'invented a new andvaluable.Improvement in Cherry-Steuers; -and'IV do 'herehy declare thatthe iollowing is n full,.elear, n nd exactgdescription of theconstruction and operation ot the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings-making opal-tof this specification, and to the lettersand figures ol reference innrked thereonl Figurel of the drawings is alongitudine-l sectional view of my device, -and -Figure 2 is a planvien' thereof. The object o f my invention isfto provide better meansthan huve'heretoiore been devised for removing the stones or pits fromcherries.

` Letter A of therdrawings represents a hopper in whichr` the cherriesare plncedfor stoning, `It is adjusted to the top of the fmme en anangle of about eighty-degrees, forv the purpose of allowing the.cherries to roll lgz'dnally. therein down to the opening B. i

Letten() is an opening in the sliding bnr D.

Lettei` E is a similar opening in the stationary top piece ofthe freine.Euch of these openings lust'numed corresponds in size with theopeningBelmid in conjunction therewithis designed to convey the cherries to thebox F. i

Letters G and H are openings in the hase-board ofthe i'rnlne, and

Letters I and K arev openings in the ends ofthe box F.

The letter L, on the sliding bar D, is :t pin that moves in a sloton thelower side of hopper A ,'nnd operates as a. stop to prevent saidbartrorn passing beyond the point desired. This stop is effected when thepin Ljis crowded against the extreme end of said s'lot, at the point M.i

The letter O is nl fork, composed of four tines usually, so adjusted andarranged as to leave suiieientsp-.ree i hetwen them to hold n. singlecherry securely.

Letter B is n. rod extending frolnthe fork O to the movable block Q,with both of which it is connected. Letter Ris a. rod extending from theblock Q to the sliding bar D, and uniting the same.

Letter S is a spring adjusted in the manner shown', the oihc'e oi' whichis 'to'retnrn the block Q andy its' attachments to their proper placesafter the same have been push'ed'forward.

My device is operated as't'ollows, namely: I fill the lhopper withcherries, and force the block Qftorvvnwi until the pin L rests againstthe shoulder M of the hopper-slot. The spring S then aids me toretu'vn'the Block as'above mentioned. .This movement is all that isrequired, for the beam D und fork 0 nre carried forward at the sametime,'a.nd as the opening C retich-es the opening E, the cherries fallthrough them into the ybox F, where thejztre caught by the fork andcarried to the opening K, in which the stone is forced outward throughopening H. AThe pulp of the cherry remains in the fork, nndis released`therefrom by the shoulders f open-ing I, tind passes downward throughopening G. l y

WhntI claim as !n'yinvention, and desire to secure-by Letters Patent,is-

cherry-stoner hving sliding-beam D, openings B, C, E, H, end K, fork(pond bleek Q, constructed, arranged, and operating substantially asherein' specified.

ALBERT RAKESTRAW. Witnesses Y GEO. liuclsnmsAUuH,A

FRANK PURPLE.'

